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J. STRAUS. HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Dc. 9, 1884.

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JACOB STRAUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

To @ZZ whom, it may concer/t:

Beit known that I, .Mooie STRAUs, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of' Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Harness-Saddles, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, ref'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of' this specification, and in which v Figure l is a perspective view of my improved harness-saddle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view showing part of the plate or bar removed from the body of the tree. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3 3, Fig. l.

My invention relates to an improvement in those harnesssaddle trees which are made in a single piece of metal, with removable plates for securing the side straps.

My improvement consists in features of n ovelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the pad, and B the tree, of the saddle. The body B', side flanges, B, and bottom plate, B, of the tree are made in one piece; but the cross bars or plates C at the lower ends of the tree, beneath which the side skirts or straps lit, are

ECFICA'CEGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,170, dated December 9, 1884-.

V Application filed Septelnber, ISF/1.

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made removable. They are attached to the tree by screws or bolts D, or rivets, if desired, that pass therethrough. and through the straps or skirts and hole b of the bottom plate, B, of the tree. Between the side flanges, B, the ends of' the plates lit, as shown, and the plates are thus held from turning on their pivots D. They can also be adjusted, for no matter what thickness the straps or skirts may be,theplates can always be brought down tight upon them, as. will be understood. Bolts or screws J connect the straps or skirts to the tree above the keeper-plates.

I claim as myinvention- In a harness-saddle, the tree B, consisting of body B', side flanges, B B, and bottom plates, B, formed integral, the adjustable keeperplates O, fitting between the side lianges, and the bolts D, securing the keeper-plates to the bottoln plates, and by which the space between the keepenplates and bottom plates can be increased or diminished to receive differ ent thicknesses of leather, as set forth.

JACOB STRAUS.

In presence of- GEo. H. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT. 

